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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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